OT: Voting results in NH

[Tony Lekas]

Although it does not make a large difference, 2.3% of the people in NH 
are not citizens and are not elegible to vote.  I did not see numbers 
for those over 18.  I suspect that the percentage would be somewhat 
higher for them because children are automatically citizens if born in 
the US.

In some states convicted felons can not vote.  That is not the case in 
NH.  You can not vote while incarcerated for a felony but your rights 
are automatically restored when you are released.

Tony

Greg Rundlett wrote:

> The US Census Bureau reports that there were 926,224 persons over the 
> age of 18 in NH in the 2000 Census.
> http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?geo_id=04000US33&_sse=on/
>
> The Associated Press reports that about 200,000 people voted in the NH 
> primary yesterday
> eg. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040128_982.html.  They say 
> it "easily eclips[ed] the record 170,000 turnout in 1992".  The AP 
> does not mention anything about how poorly that turnout represents the 
> population of NH.
>
> We can simply deduce that 22% of persons over the age of 18 voted 
> yesterday in NH.  If NH is the "Live Free or Die" state, I guess 78% 
> would rather let Democracy die than cast a ballot for President of the 
> United States "The Greatest Democracy in the World".  John Kerry 
> received 84,229 votes which made him the winner.  Put another way, by 
> convincing fewer than 10% of eligible voters to vote for him, he 
> 'wins' with a 38% share of the ballots cast.  Regardless of your like 
> or dislike of the candidates, they ARE the candidates.  Democracy and 
> your freedom are the casualty of a system that no longer can be called 
> 'representative government'.
> If you live in NH and didn't vote, you missed your chance to 
> participate in Democracy.  Please urge everyone you know to vote.
>
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